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difference

[dif-er-uhns, dif-ruhns] / ˈdɪf ər əns, ˈdɪf rəns /




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To explore this difference, Coles worked with researchers Annabel Dang and Joao Francisco Goes Braga Takayanagi to design an experiment that more closely resembled the demands of customer service jobs.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

Filipinos, with their passion for singing, are expected to be enthusiastic participants and the 11 million who live overseas might make a difference.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

His simulations found eight produced slightly better outcomes, but he concluded the difference didn’t justify the burden of extra meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

"The difference from the last year is that the scale of these attacks is much, much, much bigger," Timchenko said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

There was one major difference between the fuel in the spent storage pools and the fuel inside the reactors.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

United Airlines released a statement Friday saying it would waive change fees and fare differences for passengers who opt to reschedule their trip for a new flight departing on or before Nov. 20.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

The findings suggest that even when volcanic systems have similar characteristics, differences in their earlier heating histories may help explain why their eruptions look and behave so differently.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

However, the researchers caution that the differences were relatively small and that the results do not establish whether protein intake directly influences testosterone.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

Beyond these minor wing differences, Sapkota could not identify any other consistent anatomical distinctions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

“As you become U.S. citizens, don’t lose who you are. Our differences are what make America great.”

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

When you are dead, and stand to me Not differenced, as now, But like again, will you be cold As when we lived, or how?

From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2016

If a second map of the exact same area is acquired when there is no snow, the two surfaces can be differenced to produce a snow depth map.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 10, 2012

"David is a point of differenced player and we are looking forward to him making an impact at the breakdown," the Australia forwards coach, Jim Williams, said.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2010

The echo of the Karstark sunburst was there for those who cared to look, but differenced to make the arms appropriate for House Thenn.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Sixthly, They are also differenced in respect of the subjects.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie

By differencing the NH and SH they magnify the effect. 

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2010

Sir Edmund Mauley in the 14th century is found differencing the black bend of his elder brother by charging it with three wyvers of silver.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

An interesting example of early differencing is cited by Sir Harris Nicolas, in his ‘Roll of Carlaverok.’

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

Every mind has a new compass, a new direction of its own, differencing its genius and aim from every other mind.—We call this specialty the bias of each individual.

From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Oliver Wendell Holmes

The arms borne in the usual manner were often surrounded with a bordure to indicate bastardy; of this mode of differencing several examples are furnished in the arms of existing peers descended from royalty.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower


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